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Brown power now!
The author argues that brown Americans now hold real power on the Democratic Left, naming Saikat Chakrabarti, Faiz Shakir, Ro Khanna, Pramila Jayapal and Neera Tanden, and says he hopes…
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The ubiquity of the rentier state
Disputing an article that says the Mughals made India rich, the author argues that Maddison’s data may be wrong and the Mughal state was highly extractive, since most pre-modern societies…
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Why I like to ask about caste
The author argues that asking about caste, like asking about income in America, touches what really matters, observing that a group agreeing about caste privilege turned out to contain no…
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Podcast Updates
The author plans three monthly podcasts on Indian linguistics, politics and history, defines ‘India’ as the region from the Hindu Kush to the Indian Ocean, announces an episode on whether…
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Mahua Moitra- the Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
After discussing Mahua Moitra’s speech on the signs of fascism on a podcast, the author is convinced she is the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of Indian politics: attractive, media-friendly and eloquent.
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Browncast Episode 55: 17 years in the blogosphere
A Brown Pundits podcast conversation with old friend Aziz Poonawalla about 17 years in the blogosphere, its rise and fall and the Twitter world, ending on politics, including his roots…
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Super30, Casteocracy & Blacked Up Hrithik Roshan
Reviewing the film Super 30, the author finds Hrithik Roshan blacking up to play an OBC emblematic of India’s ‘Casteocracy’, argues that the IIT and IIM system suits upper castes,…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
Open Thread, 13 July 2019: a general thread for any topic.
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Why Cambridge University needs a central Asian Kitchen
Describing two BAME initiatives at Cambridge, the author argues the university should convert an old building into an Asian mess with proper chefs, and favours a conversational, ‘sugar in the…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,922 comments
